Inventions

Prompt:

You will complete a research assignment about how technology has helped our world. For your research assignment, you will select one invention (pre 1950) that has had an impact on the world. You will research:

▪ the inventor (who he/she was, education, other achievements)

▪ when and why this invention was invented

▪ what the world was like before this invention

▪ how the invention affected society (both positive and negative if possible)

▪ how and if this invention is still used today (if it is no longer in use, what took its place?)